We’ve seen this before…companies enter an unknown market shift and all of the sudden the business comes to a halt. Imagine that same experience as a startup, just getting up and going and trying to get your first customers. Enter the COVID lockdown and the immediate halt of student loan payments. Discover how this startup survived turmoil and found success in unexpected places. This entrepreneur's journey holds a surprising lesson that changed everything.

Our special guest is Naveed Iqbal, founder and CEO of Dolr. With a Ph.D. and a keen understanding of market dynamics, he has developed a deep insight into the financial challenges individuals face, particularly in managing student loan debt. His innovative approach in creating employer-based student loan benefits has garnered attention, positioning Dolr as a pioneering force in the industry. Naveed's pragmatic and strategic insights make him a valuable resource for entrepreneurs navigating market shifts to ultimately find a way to stay and fight for survival.

Key highlights in this episode:

• Employer sponsored student loan repayment acceleration
• Navigating market-halting shifts
• Making a choice to stay and fight
• How using employer sponsored student repayment benefits can improve the recruitment and retention of top talent.

We are here because we chose to be, we chose not to die. There were multiple times when we could have died where we were like, we don't have enough money. We're going to have to figure out, how we're going to pay this or how we're going to do that. - Naveed Iqbal

Maximizing student loan benefits: Employee benefits such as student loan assistance have become increasingly crucial in attracting and retaining talent. Dolr's innovative approach to streamlining the process for both employers and employees highlights the importance of maximizing student loan benefits as part of a holistic financial wellness strategy. The impact of education assistance benefits goes beyond alleviating student loan debt to nurturing a supportive and engaged workforce. Dolr's success in leveraging education assistance benefits to aid employees in managing their financial burdens underscores the transformative potential of harnessing such benefits to drive business growth and adaptability during market shifts.

Resources in the episode:

• Follow Naveed on LinkedIn
• Visit Dolr to learn more about the company and the services they offer to help employees with student loan benefits.

About Naveed Iqbal

Naveed is the co-founder and CEO at Dolr. Founded with a mission to lower financial barriers to education, Dolr is a student loan benefits platform enabling companies to accelerate their teams to $0 student debt resulting in higher engagement, retention, and recruitment. Before founding Dolr, Naveed worked in consumer risk and product at one of the largest consumer banks in the USA. He earned his PhD in Applied Math at the Florida Institute of Technology.

About Dolr

Dolr beats your student debt with cash from your work, shopping, village of supporters, and habits. With Dolr your team can beat student debt, save more for retirement, and build wealth.

Using our technologies we want to accelerate the members of our community to $0 debt by making it easier for you to form micro-habits. And we want to make all of this cheap and easy for you. We want to uplift the members of our community emotionally and empower you to live your best life both while you pay your debt and after.

The more indebted members of society are the more we are inhibited from true growth and continued evolution. Using our technologies we want to empower society to help the members of the Dolr community accelerate to $0 debt. This extends from individuals to groups of individuals organized into communities, to businesses and corporations, and to the governments we elect.

Uncover the surprising truth about the challenges and triumphs of entrepreneurship in the healthcare industry. Discover how one CEO's personal journey led to a radical approach to employee investment and development, transforming the way we think about professional growth and business success. Want to know the secret behind navigating tough decisions and driving organizational change? Stay tuned for more!

Entrepreneurship is just trying to collaborate with as many people as possible, challenge your thinking, and then try to bring best practices into the business and stop doing the things that are holding you back. - Isaac Dole

Isaac Dole, the CEO and founder of Birchwood Healthcare Partners, brings a unique blend of entrepreneurial spirit and deep industry knowledge to the table. With a keen eye for problem-solving and a passion for driving positive change, Isaac has been at the forefront of navigating the intricacies of the seniors healthcare industry. His commitment to cultivating a top-tier team and fostering a culture of excellence, coupled with his strategic focus on revenue growth, underscores his dedication to reshaping the landscape of healthcare organizations. Isaac's expertise in addressing workforce development, embracing innovation, and tackling industry challenges makes him a compelling guest to explore the realm of employee investment and development programs in healthcare.

Maximizing Employee investment and development programs Isaac emphasizes the importance of investing in employee development and retention programs. He shares initiatives aimed at uplifting employees and creating a supportive work environment. The episode showcases the positive impact of employee-focused strategies on retention rates, satisfaction levels, and overall organizational success.

Key highlights of the episode:

• Maximizing employee investment and development programs by elevating your organization's employee development initiatives to boost satisfaction and retention.
• Confronting challenges facing the assisted living industry
• Harnessing EOS in healthcare leadership by learning how to implement EOS for enhanced organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Uncover how entrepreneurial strategies can drive success in your organization.
• Maximize employee satisfaction and retention with effective investment and development programs.

Resources in the episode:

• Find Isaac on LinkedIn
• Visit Birchwood Healthcare Partners to learn more about their initiatives in the seniors healthcare industry.
• Explore The Giving Tree program to understand how Birchwood supports its team members through initiatives like the hardship fund, tuition assistance, mental health assistance, and career advancement opportunities.

About Isaac Dole

Experienced healthcare investment professional with a focus on all aspects of senior's healthcare. Has completed hundreds of millions of dollars of transaction volume across the senior's healthcare acuity spectrum - including real estate based and provider services healthcare. Isaac has direct experience and/or interest in senior housing, post-acute and long-term care, home health, hospice, rehab, pharmacy, NP/LCSW/telehealth services, management companies and venture products, technology and services targeting senior's healthcare. This experience has created deep nationwide industry relationships that have been critical to Birchwood's growth and success.

About Birchwood Healthcare Partners

Birchwood Healthcare Partners is a Chicago-based healthcare investment firm specializing in post-acute investments including senior housing, nursing and ancillary businesses such as home health, hospice, nurse practitioner and post-acute management companies.

Birchwood Healthcare Partners offers a flexible investment approach, always striving to meet the needs of all stakeholders to a transaction. Through their network of operators and partners, they not only have the ability to acquire, but also the ability to lease and manage healthcare communities, or even asset manage them on behalf of third party landlords / investors and work outs on behalf of lenders. They have deep industry relationships, entrepreneurial structuring capability and extensive capital available to facilitate the ideal transaction.

Birchwood has built an experienced and cohesive team of investment professionals, advisors, operators and investors to position the comp

Military leadership lessons have been a hidden gem for driving revenue growth in business. Learn how this sales leader turned proactive change into a revenue playbook and hear about the connection between military expertise and business success.

Our special guest is Jason Barr, a military veteran and sales leader at ID.me, brings a unique perspective to the business world. With a background in military leadership, Jason seamlessly integrates his entrepreneurial orientation and problem-solving skills into the sales landscape. Having led special forces teams and now steering the healthcare practice at ID.me, Jason's experience and expertise offer valuable insights into implementing proactive change and driving revenue growth. His journey from the military to the business realm showcases a compelling fusion of leadership, adaptability, and strategic thinking that resonates with sales leaders and managers seeking innovative approaches to revenue generation.

Change is hard. It's hard to embrace it and it's hard to live through it, let alone now you're trying to drive it and get other people to change is even harder. – Jason Barr

Drive Revenue Growth

Driving revenue growth is a top priority for sales leaders like Jason, as seen in his ambitious goals. Implementing clear objectives and aligning sales teams towards achievable targets are key strategies in driving revenue growth effectively. Hear how Jason talks about implementing Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) in sales and how doing so helps align teams towards common goals, from the executive team down to the sellers. Constantly rethinking revenue strategies and investing in developing great leaders are essential for sustainable growth in sales organizations.

Key highlights in this episode:

• Drive revenue growth by implementing proactive change in sales leadership.
• Using OKRs as an aligned practice to set clear objectives and drive performance throughout the organization.
• Using military leadership lessons and applying them to drive success in business.
• The focus on future pipeline and keeping things moving forward.

About Jason Barr

Jason Barr is the VP of Healthcare for ID.me, the leading digital identity wallet in the United States. His team is focused on improving healthcare interoperability with trusted and portable identity verification and SSO to remove friction and fraud from healthcare for both patients and providers.

Jason has more than 20 years of leadership experience, largely focused on delivering technology solutions that have helped many healthcare organizations enhance the delivery of care. He started his career as an Army Officer with combat tours in Iraq, followed by leading growth organizations to solve complex technology problems. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, followed by an MBA from The Ohio State University and now resides in Jacksonville, FL.

About ID.me

ID.me simplifies how individuals prove and share their identity online. The ID.me secure digital identity network has over 120 million members with over 60,000 new subscribers joining daily, as well as partnerships with 15 federal agencies, 40 agencies in 30 states, and over 600 name-brand retailers.

The company provides identity proofing, authentication, and group affiliation verification for organizations across sectors, including commercial, healthcare, and government services. The company's technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 conformant credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me's Identity Gateway also has a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authority to Operate (ATO).

ID.me offers a "digital fast lane" that empowers consumers to seamlessly navigate websites and avoid endless and frustrating account logins and passwords. Over 50 million pre-verified users already benefit from this "digital fast lane."

Resources in this episode:

• Find Jason on LinkedIn
• Visit ID.me to learn more about how they are leading the efforts in digital identity management.